We live in an ambition-based culture where having a strong drive for success in the future is seen as a good thing, and having zero ambition is seen to be a problem. A Course in Miracles is not a learning curriculum, but rather an unlearning that is aimed at emptying the mind of the concepts which are integrated into this seeming reality.
In that process, we can see how what we considered to be normal activities, ambitions, and needs are seen to not serve our peace of mind. We then have a new spiritual orientation that guides us to what we really want.